Bottle



(No Model.)

J. I. VOGELER.

BOTTLE.

' Patentd Mar. 8, 1892.

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JEROME I. VOGELER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BO TTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,458, dated March 8,1892.

Application filed March 7, 1891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME I. VOGELER, of Baltimore, Maryland, haveinvented certain Improvements in Bottlesmf which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a bottle intended especially for perfumery,which is adapted after the contents are exhausted to be used as a toylantern, as will hereinafter fnlly ap pear.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure1 is an exterior elevation of the improved bottle, and Fig. 2 asectional elevation of the same.

In the said drawin gs, A represents the body of the bottle, which is ofglass,preferablycolcred, and in the shape of a lantern, there being barsa molded on the exterior surface to represent the ordinary wireguard-bars. The bodyA is open at the top and bottom and provided withremovable stoppers D and E, preferably of cork.

The upper end of the bottle is exteriorly threaded, and on it is screweda perforated cap F, which represents the head of a lantern. The loweredge of this cap is provided with a flange b, to which the bail G isattached. The lower end of the body A is also threaded, as shown, andover it is screwed the perforated base H, which corresponds in shapewith the base of a lantern.

When the device is in the condition shown I in the drawings,i t is aclosed bottle and may Serial No. 384,117. (No model.)

exhausted the corks are removed and a taper 0 (shown in dotted lines inFig.2) inserted to illuminate the bottle and present the appearance of alighted lantern.

To support the illuminating-taper, the base H is furnished with across-bar d, having a socket c, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2'; butthis bar and its socket may be placed above the lower edge of the base,as shown in dotted lines. The base II is perforated to admit air to thelighted taper after the manner of a lantern.

The object of screwing the cap and base to the body A is to admit of theready removal of the corks as a preparatory step toward adapting thebottle as a lantern; but any other means of effecting their attachmentmay be employed without affecting the character of the invention.

contain perfumery; but after the contents are This invention whenadapted as a lantern JEROME I. VOGELER.

Witnesses:

GEo. H. KOTHE, T. U, WooDs.

